Latest user submitted examples http://www.railsapi.org http://railsapi.org/M000505 In your view <div class="code"><ol class="CodeRay"><li>&lt;<span class="s"><span class="dl">% </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="dl"> </span></span>product <span class="r">in</span> <span class="iv">@products</span></li><li> puts product.long_text</li><li> puts truncate(product.long_text, <span class="i">15</span>)</li><li><span class="r">end</span> <span class="s"><span class="dl">%&gt;</span></span></li></ol> </div> <p>Would lead to the following output:</p> <p> My very long text with some not so useful information hidden in it. In fact, no information at all. But you'll see for yourself My very long te... </p> Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:35:44 EDT http://railsapi.org/M000477 <div class="code"><ol class="CodeRay"><li>&lt;<span class="s"><span class="dl">%=</span><span class="k"> select_day( (@post.day || Date.today), :field_name </span><span class="dl">=</span></span>&gt; <span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">post_day</span><span class="dl">'</span></span>) %&gt; </li></ol> </div> Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:33:44 EDT http://railsapi.org/M000503 <div class="code"><ol class="CodeRay"><li>&lt;<span class="s"><span class="dl">%=</span><span class="k">start_form_tag :controller</span><span class="dl">=</span></span>&gt;<span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">candidates</span><span class="dl">'</span></span>,<span class="sy">:action</span>=&gt;<span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">search</span><span class="dl">'</span></span>%&gt;</li><li>&lt;<span class="s"><span class="dl">%=</span><span class="k">text_field 'query', 'term'%&gt;</span></span></li><li><span class="s"><span class="k">&lt;%</span><span class="dl">=</span></span> image_submit_tag(<span class="s"><span class="dl">&quot;</span><span class="k">/images/00-btn-search.gif</span><span class="dl">&quot;</span></span>, {<span class="sy">:alt</span> =&gt; <span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">search</span><span class="dl">'</span></span>, <span class="sy">:width</span> =&gt; <span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">73</span><span class="dl">'</span></span>, <span class="sy">:height</span> =&gt; <span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">29</span><span class="dl">'</span></span>, <span class="sy">:align</span> =&gt; <span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">absmiddle</span><span class="dl">'</span></span>}) %&gt;</li><li> &lt;<span class="s"><span class="dl">%=</span><span class="k">end_form_tag%&gt;</span></span></li><li><span class="s"><span class="k"></span></span></li></ol> </div> Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:34:39 EDT http://railsapi.org/M000504 A view helper function: <div class="code"><ol class="CodeRay"><li><span class="r">def</span> <span class="fu">enclose</span>(start, close, &amp;block)</li><li> result = start</li><li> result &lt;&lt; capture(&amp;block)</li><li> result &lt;&lt; close</li><li> concat(result, block.binding)</li><li><span class="r">end</span></li></ol> </div> Usage in a view: <div class="code"><ol class="CodeRay"><li>&lt;<span class="s"><span class="dl">% </span><span class="k">enclose</span><span class="dl"> </span></span><span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">&lt;b&gt;</span><span class="dl">'</span></span>, <span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">&lt;/b&gt;</span><span class="dl">'</span></span> <span class="r">do</span> <span class="s"><span class="dl">%&gt;</span><span class="k"></span></span></li><li><span class="s"><span class="k"> &lt;%= link_to &quot;Hello&quot;, :method =</span><span class="dl">&gt;</span></span> <span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">hello</span><span class="dl">'</span></span> %&gt;</li><li>&lt;<span class="s"><span class="dl">% </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="dl"> </span></span>%&gt;</li></ol> </div> Outputs: <b><a href="/users/hello">Hello</a></b> Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:34:28 EDT http://railsapi.org/M000391 <%= hidden_field :staff, :staff_id, :value => "#{staff_app.id}" %> Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:36:30 EDT http://railsapi.org/M000325 <div class="code"><ol class="CodeRay"><li>&gt;&gt; <span class="s"><span class="dl">&quot;</span><span class="k">ActiveRecord::CoreExtensions::String::Inflections</span><span class="dl">&quot;</span></span>.demodulize</li><li>=&gt; <span class="s"><span class="dl">&quot;</span><span class="k">Inflections</span><span class="dl">&quot;</span></span></li><li>&gt;&gt; <span class="s"><span class="dl">&quot;</span><span class="k">Inflections</span><span class="dl">&quot;</span></span>.demodulize</li><li>=&gt; <span class="s"><span class="dl">&quot;</span><span class="k">Inflections</span><span class="dl">&quot;</span></span></li></ol> </div> Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:36:23 EDT http://railsapi.org/M000327 >> "cool_articles".classify => "CoolArticles" >> "comment".classify => "Comment" Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:35:13 EDT http://railsapi.org/M000319 <div class="code"><ol class="CodeRay"><li><span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">hello_world</span><span class="dl">'</span></span>.camelize(<span class="sy">:lower</span>) <span class="c"># =&gt; 'helloWorld'</span></li></ol> </div> Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:36:36 EDT http://railsapi.org/M000320 <div class="code"><ol class="CodeRay"><li><span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">hello_world</span><span class="dl">'</span></span>.camelcase <span class="c"># =&gt; 'HelloWorld'</span></li><li><span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">hello_world</span><span class="dl">'</span></span>.camelcase(<span class="sy">:lower</span>) <span class="c"># =&gt; 'helloWorld'</span></li></ol> </div> Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:36:43 EDT http://railsapi.org/M000463 <div class="code"><ol class="CodeRay"><li>&lt;<span class="s"><span class="dl">%=</span><span class="k"> auto_complete_field 'snacks', :url </span><span class="dl">=</span></span>&gt; {<span class="sy">:action</span> =&gt; <span class="s"><span class="dl">'</span><span class="k">complete_me</span><span class="dl">'</span></span>} %&gt;</li></ol> </div> Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:37:03 EDT